A systematic review of racial health disparities among children and youth with physical disabilities.

Purpose: Children and youth who belong to a racially minoritized group commonly experience multiple and complex forms of discrimination and health disparities. The purpose of this review was to explore racial disparities in health care and health outcomes among children and youth with physical disabilities.

Methods: Six international databases (Ovid Medline, Healthstar, Embase, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science) were searched and screened for inclusion.

Experiences and factors affecting poverty among families raising a child with a disability: a scoping review.

Purpose: Children with disabilities and their families are more likely to live in poverty than those without a disability. However, little is known about their lived experiences and the circumstances that influence their socio-economic condition. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences and factors affecting poverty among families raising children with disabilities.

Nanothermodynamics: There's Plenty of Room on the Inside.

Nanothermodynamics provides the theoretical foundation for understanding stable distributions of statistically independent subsystems inside larger systems. In this review, it is emphasized that extending ideas from nanothermodynamics to simplistic models improves agreement with the measured properties of many materials. Examples include non-classical critical scaling near ferromagnetic transitions, thermal and dynamic behavior near liquid-glass transitions, and the 1/-like noise in metal films and qubits.

Examining the role of common variants in rare neurodevelopmental conditions.

Although rare neurodevelopmental conditions have a large Mendelian component, common genetic variants also contribute to risk. However, little is known about how this polygenic risk is distributed among patients with these conditions and their parents nor its interplay with rare variants. It is also unclear whether polygenic background affects risk directly through alleles transmitted from parents to children, or whether indirect genetic effects mediated through the family environment also play a role.

The role of race and ethnicity in leisure participation among children and youth with disabilities: a systematic review.

Purpose: Racial and ethnic minoritized children and youth with disabilities participate less often in structured leisure activities compared to their white peers and yet, little is known about the role of race/ethnicity in their participation. The purpose of this review was to understand the role of race/ethnicity in leisure participation of children and youth with disabilities.

Methods: We systematically assessed peer-reviewed studies published from 2000 to 2023 in six international databases.